We stayed one night on a DAR stopover. Arrived DAR at 1630 hrs, took over 2 hours to get to hotel due traffic. We were thirsty & famished on arrival. Got beer/drinks quite quickly on terrace. Ordered meals, choice of 5 mains. About 25 mins later were we're told there was no pork which removed 2 of the mains. Down... More

The retreat is a beautiful colonial style house with fantastic views of the ocean, a lovely garden and should be a perfect place for a stop over and the staff are incredibly helpful. However, it's let down by some things very badly, first, the food is wildly overpriced, from memory we were charged almost $40USD for two plates of fired... More

The Retreat Dar es Salaam, an intimate bed & breakfast villa on the beach., very quiet and Peaceful. Very good food and a marvellous look over the ocean from the Room on the first floor.

The Retreat is an old colonial mansion with nice decorations and a lovely garden. The service is very good. Unfortunately these features are overshadowed by the negative things. The rooms are dirty, the curtains have not been washed or drycleaned since ages. The cushions and pillows in the garden chairs are in a miserable state, food is overpriced. This is... More

This place is owned by a Swiss lady who clearly has just abandoned it to local management. It was a very sad and depressing place. The bedsheets were stained, the dogs were full of fleas and had serious eye infections which could easily have been treated. They had not paid the TV subscription so the TV didn't work, the location... More